My name is Suzanne and I love sign painting.
I love measuring and cutting the MDO plywood with my jigsaw. I love priming and painting the plywood with a roller, front and back, to make a sign blank. I love laying out the sign design and perforating the pattern. I love fonts. I love One Shot Lettering Paint and all its colors. I love lettering quills and brushes. I love choosing just the right colors for each sign. I love getting the paint adjusted on the brush by spreading it on a palette. I really love painting letters and designs… and shadows and outlines and highlights… I love doing my best. I love the satisfaction of finishing a sign and standing back to look at it. I even love the inevitable small imperfections. I love having a customer or friend compliment my work. I am very sad that times have changed and computer technology swallowed up my beloved job…
I know there are people out there that still want old fashioned hand lettered signs though… people that appreciate the skill and the look of hand painted signs…
I am 65 years old now. I apprenticed in two commercial sign shops in Charlotte NC in the mid-1970’s. Then I started my own sign business called She Paints Signs, in Charlotte. My sign work was respected and in demand. I never had to advertise to get jobs. Those were the good old days for any sign painter… before computer signs. I moved my sign business to Beaufort NC in 1983. It took very little effort to get my sign business going again with plenty of work coming in again. I decided to close my sign business in 1988 to be a full time stay at home mom to my two young children. When I tried to start my sign business again in the 90’s, I was in for a rude awakening… Sign painters were no longer in demand and computerized sign shops had completely taken over. I spent a few years doing bookkeeping for a local sign shop and I was only asked to paint one sign while I was there.
Now, almost 40 years after learning how to paint signs for a living, I live near Dunn NC. I believe the time is right to reprise my sign painting business. What goes around comes around… and the retro look is very popular. My sign painting skills are still sharp. I can offer a service that few sign shops in the whole country offer any more. Some people prefer hand painted signs, and I love to paint signs! My prices are reasonable and I guarantee satisfaction with my work.
I also do some rustic hand painted wood working projects. Please look through my photo galleries.